Severe Tropical Storm Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) intensified into a typhoon Monday morning, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Pagasa said Tino was tracked some 340 kilometers east-southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, with maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour (kph) and gusts of up to 150 kph while moving west-southwest at 25 kph.
The typhoon is forecast to make landfall in Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte, or the Dinagat Islands early Tuesday, the state weather bureau said.
Pagasa also did not rule out the possibility of Tino developing even further into a super typhoon ‘based on alternate scenarios and climatological data.’